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The north wind blew up at night, and the ship sailed on the sea with its sails as fast as a galloping horse.
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Zhao Qingshan led the first water camp from Jiangmen to attack Daheng Island again at dusk. When the moon reached midday, the dark shadow of Jinji Mountain under the moon could already be seen floating on the sea and sky.
The red lights flashing at the mouth of Qingshi Bay at the northern foot are all campfires with lights set up at night, accurately indicating the course of the fleet during the night.
In order to ensure the suddenness of the raid, not a single lamp on the fleet was lit, and all was illuminated by moonlight. The communication between the fleet was also carried out by launching small boats. They adjusted their course and pounced towards the mouth of Qingshi Bay with all their strength - a moonlit night.
No matter how bright it was, it couldn't be compared to daylight. It was difficult to completely avoid the reefs near the beach when landing on the beach. However, in order to seize Daheng Island, Lin Fu and all the generals in the army were prepared to make a big sacrifice.
Lin Fu and his main force will catch up in two to three hours. Zhao Qingshan must seize Qingshi Bay before Lin Fu and his main force come, clear out the enemy defenders on both sides of Qingshi Bay, and attack the northern foot of Jinji Mountain for the main force.
He made preparations for his main stronghold and fortress, completely ignoring the unnecessary losses that the battleship would cause to the beach on a moonlit night.
The Cape Island Camp and the Simple Wharf at the mouth of Qingshi Bay were completely destroyed in the last Jiangdong Left Army attack. Although there will be fewer warships berthing on Daheng Island in the future, the Cape Island Camp and the wharf must be
Only by repairing it as soon as possible can we regain some of the main power under the threat of the powerful naval force of the Jiangdong Left Army.
For three or four days, Su Tingzhan ignored the arrow wounds in his shoulders and arms and personally directed his soldiers to carry bricks on their shoulders to the promontory island and repair the camp walls day and night. Su Tingzhan sat on the rocks on the west side of the promontory island under the light of the campfire.
After resting, he untied his bag and placed it on the edge of a stone. He squinted at the blurry night sky in the distance. The sea and sky seemed to be covered with a faint blue light, which was blurry and mysterious.
The Jiangdong Left Army's combat power is indeed strong, but it has a fatal weakness. Under the suppression of Zhang Xie, Yue Lengqiu and other political enemies of the court, the Jiangdong Left Army only holds Chongzhou, and its foundation is too weak.
In the battle four days ago, although the entire Jiangdong Zuo Army was victorious, this battle had little impact on the She family's overall strength in the East China Sea. However, one-third of the Jiangdong Zuo Army's warships were damaged.
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This also means that as long as the situation in eastern Zhejiang becomes clear and we concentrate our forces on the sea, or fight three or five times of attrition wars with the Jiangdong Left Army in the river port of Chongzhou, the Jiangdong Left Army will be able to run rampant on the sea.
The warships were exhausted, forcing Jiangdong's left army to retreat to Chongzhou for internal defense, so that they could once again regain the initiative in the waters north of Shengsi.
As far as the overall strategy is concerned, when Quan Ciqing and the soldiers from the two Zhejiang counties have already arrived, they should temporarily give up the gains and losses in Hecheng and make every effort to ensure the victory of the battle in eastern Zhejiang. But the clarity of the battle in eastern Zhejiang is the responsibility of the eldest son.
With the record, it is not difficult to understand the Second Young Master’s insistence on Hecheng, not to mention that the Second Young Master has a grudge against Lin Fu for seizing his wife. Seize Changshan Island, form a horn with Hecheng, and open up the pattern of the northern front. Here,
Under this situation, it has become inevitable.
Su Tingzhan stared worriedly at the direction of Chongzhou in the northwest. The defense here was too empty.
Although the Second Young Master led an army to storm Changshan Island, if everything went well, he could return in day and night. Even if it was delayed further, three days would be enough to solve the problem of Changshan Island; however, the boat division of the Jiangdong Zuo Army had been stationed at the mouth of the river.
At that time, the north wind was strong, and the boat division of Jiangdong Zuojun took advantage of the wind to hit them, which lasted only one night.
"Has any news come back from the second group of sentinels today? Send people to the top of the mountain and count the time. There should be a ship coming by this time." Su Tingzhan asked the guards around him. He asked every six sentinels who sneaked into Chongzhou.
He would send news back every hour, so that he could keep abreast of the movements of the Jiangdong Left Army in Chongzhou.
Due to the Jiangdong Left Army's blockade of the river and coastal areas of Chongzhou, the East China Sea pirates' sentinels in Chongzhou had to cross the river first and spread the news to Haiyu County on the south bank, and then from Haiyu County
Going out to sea in a small boat would take most of the day, and it would be impossible to send the news of Jiangdong's left army back to Daheng Island in time.
When Su Tingzhan was about to stand up with his bag in hand, several black shadows appeared on the sea and sky, like seabirds flying in the moonlit night. Su Tingzhan didn't pay attention. At this time, the sentry tower on the top of the mountain blew a heart-stopping horn, and Su Tingzhan
Tingzhan's heart skipped a beat, and he was panic-stricken. The metal bag rolled out of his hand, hit the rocks, and fell into the water - it was the warship of the Jiangdong Left Army! It had sailed so close.
To discover.
On the top of Zilang Mountain, the moon shines like the sky, and everything around is empty and bright.
Waking up in the middle of the night, Song Jia put on her clothes and walked to the yard, looking up at the jade moon passing through the sky. The late autumn moon was as orange as jade, with a trace of light clouds slanting across the blue night sky. It was so beautiful that for a moment,
Crazy hope.
"Sister-in-law, are you still awake?"
Song Jia looked back and saw She Mingyue put on her clothes and came out. She looked like she had just woken up. Her thin face was still relaxed and tired. She thought she saw herself in the yard before she put on her clothes and came out. Song Jia reluctantly
He smiled and said: "I had a dream. When I woke up, I couldn't sleep. I walked to the yard to look at the moonlight..."
"The moonlight is so beautiful!" She Mingyue also raised her head and looked at the bright moon in the sky, "It would be great if people could really live in the moon palace!"
Seeing the bright moon like this, Song Jia felt faintly distressed.
Mingyue never came out of the shadow of the assassination incident. She usually locked herself in this narrow courtyard and had no contact with the people on the mountain. In her heart, she hated the She family for treating her as an abandoned child, but she couldn't let her go.
She was the daughter of the She family. Such suffering caused her body to fail to recover at all after a serious illness. She became increasingly thin and beautiful, as if a mountain wind could blow her away.
"Mingyue, do you hate me?" Song Jia asked as if sighing.
"Why do I hate my sister-in-law? I also thought I was dead for once, and I'm afraid that my sister-in-law won't let me call you sister-in-law anymore." She Mingyue looked at Song Jia with her eyes longingly and said.
"Silly girl..." Song Jia looked at Mingyue who was six years younger than herself with pity and sighed slightly. She didn't know how to tell Mingyue. Lin Fu's plan could be hidden from others, but she could see everything clearly from the mountain.
Chu.
The elite troops near Zilang Mountain, which Lin Fu regarded as his base camp, were almost all mobilized. The construction site of the new city, which had not stopped even when the fighting in Hecheng was at its most intense, was completely suspended yesterday afternoon, and most of the city builders moved inland.
Officials from Chongzhou County in Beiya also urgently moved into Dongya to temporarily share official duties. Beiya was completely closed, and many civilians were stationed there. A large number of obstacles such as horses and iron thorns were set up in easy-to-attack areas.
Not only those who could be evacuated on Zilang Mountain were evacuated before nightfall, but Guanyin Beach on Xisha Island also implemented a curfew. The islanders evacuated to the gated houses, the civilians moved into the gated buildings, the civilian boats avoided the rivers on the island, and the guards camp on Zilang Mountain
All the female battalion generals and soldiers were stationed in each camp to guard the fortresses.
On the one hand, the main force of the Jiangdong left army led by Lin Fu has disappeared, and it is unlikely that he went to Hecheng to storm the defenders of Hecheng Fortress, which has become a turtle in the urn; on the other hand, Chongzhou is well prepared to welcome the enemy's attack - Song Jia
Looking at the extremely vague black shadow on the far shore, he thought to himself: Either tonight or tomorrow, a battle will break out on the East China Sea.
Feihu should not have chosen this moment to leave Jiangning. His weaknesses were too obvious and impossible to overcome.
Not to mention old grudges in advance, the most fundamental thing is that it is impossible for him to compete with the boss She Feixiong for the leadership of the war in eastern Zhejiang. Then he is destined to be obsessed with the Northern Front and hold on to it.
Lin Fu kept building momentum, besieged Hecheng without attacking, stormed Daheng Island, and used his boat division to sail across the sea, just to drive Feihu into the trap of Changshan Island!
At the end of September, before besieging Hecheng Fortress, Lin Fu mobilized a battalion of elite soldiers from the northern front and returned south overnight. This elite battalion did not stop at Zilang Mountain, nor did it go to Xisha Island to assist in the defense. This elite battalion came out of thin air.
After disappearing for nearly half a month, you must have been secretly transferred to strengthen the defense of Changshan Island, right?
Lin Fu laid siege to Hecheng Fortress half a month in advance when it was most urgent. When the Donghai bandits sneaked into Chongzhou and all the sentinels were focused on Hecheng Fortress, he used the cover of the frequent mobilization of soldiers from Minyong County to redeploy his elite troops.
Able to hide the truth from the enemy - at this time, the main force of the Jiangdong Left Army was missing. It must be that Feihu has stepped into the trap of Changshan Island, right?
What Song Jia couldn't guess at this time was whether Lin Fu would join forces to attack the Donghai soldiers who fell into the trap on Changshan Island, or would he attack Daheng Island? Oh, he should attack Daheng Island, otherwise Zilang Mountain wouldn't be able to do so.
A large-scale evacuation will be carried out as if facing a powerful enemy.
Lin Fu would rather give up the opportunity to defeat the main force of the East China Sea troops on the northern front, but also want to seize the strategic advantage of the East China Sea terrain.
Indeed, once the Jiangdong Left Army succeeds in capturing the Shengsi Islands, Chongzhou will become a relatively safe inner line and truly become the place where the Jiangdong Left Army takes root. Moreover, the safety of the route from Chongzhou to the north will also be greatly improved - flying
Hu, Zitan and the others did see the key point of Hecheng, but they couldn't prevent Lin Fu from using the key point of Hecheng's throat to take advantage of the situation and use Changshan Island's secret move.
"It's cold in the yard, go back!" Song Jia put her arms around Mingyue's shoulders.
Mingyue saw a few tears hanging on her sister-in-law's cheeks and asked, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you?"
"It's nothing, I just thought of some things from the past." Song Jia wiped away the tears on her cheeks. It seemed that as the tears flowed down, the remaining feelings of the past faded away.
Zhao Qingshan led the first water camp and approached within four miles of the mouth of Qingshi Bay on Daheng Island before he discovered that the horn blowing on the north cliff of Jinji Mountain could be faintly heard by Zhao Qingshan standing on the bow of the ship.
At this time, the west wind was strong, and the sailboat sailed across the sea like a galloping horse. It was four miles away and it only took a cup of tea.
Through the campfire at the mouth of the bay, we could faintly see hundreds of soldiers repairing the camp on the promontory island.
Good opportunity! After the strong attack four days ago, Zhao Qingshan and other generals have already figured out the terrain near the stronghold at the northern foot of Jinji Mountain. There is only a narrow path on the south bank of Qingshi Bay that connects with the shoal connected to the headland. As long as they can seize the inner harbor, they must first
Blocking the Yangchang Trail in one step can block hundreds of bandits on the weakly defended promontory island and annihilate them, greatly reducing the pressure on the main force to attack the main stronghold at Beilu.
Zhao Qingshan did not care about the risk of rushing to the beach from the narrow mouth of the river at full speed in the strong wind on a moonlit night. He immediately used the lights to convey orders and ordered the first sentry fleet led by Ge Cuxiong in the forward position not to lower the sails and slow down, but to rush to the beach at full speed.
Port river channel, seize the south bank path, blockade the Japanese soldiers on the promontory island.